

The app sports a minimal, ad-free interface that allows you to watch videos and save them or play them in the background with the screen off. Since NewPipe doesn’t rely on any Google framework libraries or the YouTube API and only parses the website to get the information it needs, the app will work on devices without Google Services installed, such as newer Huawei devices. You can get it from F-Droid instead, which is a website dedicated to free and open-source software. You won’t find NewPipe (Android) in the Google Play Store either. Once you have the app, you will get internal notifications when you can update it. We also appreciate the feature to listen to locally download music, podcasts, whatever you like by tapping the menu at the top left then selecting “Library.”Īs you can imagine, Google isn’t too fond of YMusic so you’ll need to download it from its own site. You can also download videos as audio files by tapping the three-dotted menu icon next to a given video then selecting your Download option. One of the great features of YMusic is that you can listen to music and videos in the background, without having to stay in the app or leaving your screen on. In the “Discover” section, you’ll have access to YouTube, from where you can search YouTube using the button at the top right corner, or browse via the categories of Home, Music, Recommended, Your Top Tracks and Library, where you can access your playlists, your YouTube channel (if you have one) etc. Of all the third-party YouTube apps out there, YMusic (Android) is probably the most accurate at mimicking that YouTube experience (its default color scheme is green, but you can change this to red - something more reminiscent of old YouTube).
